what is voting?

While the QOTD on Tuesday was definitely, “Barack Obama WINS!”, I also do not want to forget this gem:

“Mommy, what is voting?”

{insert long description of the physical process of filling out a registration card, getting assigned a polling place, walking over there, standing inline, going into a little ballot box, and filling out a ballot card, which is then put in the little machine}

“Oh. Because I thought voting was when everyone puts on their ice skates and we all skate around on a frozen pond in a circle and talk about who we would like to vote for, and then we skate some more. I thought that was it.”